Income Support Systems for the Unemployed : Issues and Options

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Issues -- Objectives of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Accounting for Interactions among Social Risk Management Mechanisms -- Establishing Evaluation Criteria -- Why Should the Public Sector Provide Unemployment Insurance? -- Who Should Receive Unemployment Income Support? -- Summary -- 3. Review of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Typology and Description of Main Income Support Programs -- The Incidence of Income Support Programs for the Unemployed -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 3.1 Determinants of Social Insurance Programs for the Unemployed -- 4. Performance of Income Support Programs: Theoretical Aspects and Empirical Evidence -- Income Protection Effects -- Efficiency Effects -- Suitability to Confront Different Shocks -- Resistance to Political Risk -- Concluding Remarks -- Annex 4.1 Efficiency Effects of Income Support Programs -- 5. Design and Implementation Criteria: Exploring Country-Specific Conditions -- Interactions with Labor Market Institutions and Shocks -- Administrative Capacity for Program Implementation -- Characteristics of Unemployment -- Size of the Informal Sector -- Prevalence and Pattern of Interhousehold Transfers -- Nonsocial Insurance and Self-Protection -- The Nature of Shocks -- Cultural and Political Factors -- Concluding Remarks -- 6. Improving Income Support Programs for the Unemployed in Developing Countries -- Choosing the Right Program -- Designing Unemployment Insurance -- Improving Income Protection of the Informal Sector -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Index.